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About

About

ASC Focus is the official magazine of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, 1012 Cameron Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, phone: 703.836.8808, fax: 703.549.0976, www.ascassociation.org. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission from ASCA is prohibited.

The magazine is published monthly except for combined issues in June-July and November-December. ASCA members receive a free subscription to the magazine as part of their association membership.

If you are not a member but would like to subscribe to the magazine, purchase your subscription here.

If you are interested in writing an article or sharing an idea, see the Editorial Calendar and the Editorial Guidelines for Contributors or write Sahely Mukerji. If you are interested in advertising, write Christopher Schriever.

Editorial Calendar 2019

January

February

Industry Forecast/Trends Human Resources

Copy Deadline: October 12

Special Pain Issue Technology

Copy Deadline: November 12

March

April

ASCA 2019 Preview Special GI Issue

Copy Deadline: December 18

Advocacy Business Office Efficiency

Copy Deadline: January 15

May

June/July

Coding Special Orthopedic Issue

Copy Deadline: February 14

Robotics Quality Improvement

Copy Deadline: March 13

August

September

Special Ophthalmology Issue Finance

Copy Deadline: May 15

Infection Prevention Building and Renovations

Copy Deadline: June 17

October

November/ December

Marketing Legal Issues

Copy Deadline: July 17

Regulatory Compliance Emergency Preparedness

Copy Deadline: August 16

Specific titles may change or be eliminated without prior notice.

Editorial Calendar 2018

January

February

Industry Forecast/Trends Clinical Care

Copy Deadline: October 13

Special Orthopedic Issue Benchmarking

Copy Deadline: October 31

March

April

Special GI Issue Advocacy

Copy Deadline: December 18

ASCA 2018 Preview Coding

Copy Deadline: January 15

May

June/July

Special Ophthalmology Issue Finance

Copy Deadline: February 6

Quality Improvement Patient Safety

Copy Deadline: March 16

August

September

Emergency Preparedness Human Resources

Copy Deadline: May 15

Marketing Innovations

Copy Deadline: June 18

October

November/ December

Regulatory Compliance Technology

Copy Deadline: July 17

Building and Renovations Materials Management

Copy Deadline: August 16

Specific titles may change or be eliminated without prior notice.

Editorial Guidelines for Contributors

The editors welcome contributions by external authors with expertise in the issues and topics relevant to the magazine’s audience: busy ASC professionals. These guidelines are intended to tell potential authors what they need to know about the magazine’s requirements and how to submit a story proposal.

All contributions will be edited to ensure that they are concise, engaging and reader-friendly. Stories will be edited for the proper use of grammar, style, organization and clarity. Editors will also ensure that stories meet the goals that were established when the story was accepted for inclusion in the magazine (see below). The editors may rewrite portions of the manuscript and will frequently submit queries (questions) to the authors to clarify meaning or add detail. When posing queries, the editors may specify a deadline for response. Delays could jeopardize publication.

We include an image of the author with our articles. If your article is accepted for publication, we will need a head shot of the author. The image will have to be high-resolution, 300 dpi, set against a clean background. The person in the image will need to directly face the camera.

The magazine does not publish articles that have been previously published. However, contributions that build or expand on previously published articles by the same author and that are substantially different may be accepted. We ask that writers tell us if any part of the article has appeared elsewhere.